The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-05-27

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OUR WARRINGTON LETTER.
WAs'unorox. D. G.. Nay 10. loe7.
The country youth or maiden Who
reads o. the happy LOT Of The govern
ment clerk here. With bic salary of ftom
&lx00 % ol.oo0 PER year, With bic
abundant leisnre. and With the great Cd
vansages. eochl. literary and specsacu-
lar, which life q The Capitol affords. 70
filled with longing. II tho country youth
and maiden are not angelo. they may
even b filled with envy. The enchant-
ment which dlstance lends 70 alleged
happy lots . often provocative OF envy.
Perhaps the only happy lot b the litile
one Of elk By three feet upon which dali
sies cluster, but In which there l. en-
chantment only for those who have seen
irridescent bubbles of life burst q Tie
touch, including even thu bubble Of =
government position. HUT this u d.
gression from the straight and narrow
passage Of : Washington correspondent.
Your correspondent wishes 20 explain
that he was not discharged. he resigned
and retired iuto the business Of Journal
isms and look back on my experience
% government clerk without envy or
longing. But TO the average ex-clerks
the retrospect Il much less envIable now.
than II was then IL 1873. Perhaps the
greatest i'll and terror Of youth Il the
school examination. OIL d0st thou ro-
member? Such 10 10 be the future life
OF the government clerk He may no
longer drive his pen In peace. or fur
lively read his newspaper. President
Cleveland has decreed that he shall
stand an examination for promotion,
whether be wants promotion or not, and
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nation 10 quite paraIyzing, for they know
little spelling, and less arithmetic. Ge-|
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ice are ell the same 10 them. There has
been an increased demand for school
books In Washington during the past
week. and the Capitol Of the United
States 10 likely TO Be the paradise Of ped
agoguee. Already they have advertised
10 prepare applicants for civil service
examination. But the fact RENAME that
~ education can not be improvised, and
the middle aged Republican clerks who
have impaired their minds - we'll q
their hearts in straining TO keep alive the
memories and the policy Of the war,
have no vitality len for the study Of
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